The word
شاياً
shaian
teaLetter by letter
The word, broken down.
شاياً reads right to left. Below, in reading order, each letter — its sound, its shape, its place in the syllable.
01
Letter
ش
shīn
sh
The 'sh' in 'ship'. Three teeth with three dots above.
Type:A
02
Letter
ا
alif
ā
A long 'a' vowel — a single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.
Type:H
03
Letter
ي
yāʾ
y / ī
A 'y' — or a long 'i' vowel when it carries no vowel of its own.
Type:D
04
Letter
ا
alif
ā
A long 'a' vowel — a single upright stroke, and the first letter of the alphabet.
Type:H
05
Diacritic
ـً
tanwīn fatḥ
an
Adds an '-an' ending — two slanted strokes above.
Type:Shift+W
← First letter shown leftmost; the actual word is read right-to-left in script.
How to type it
The keystrokes, in order.
On a standard Arabic 101 / Arabic-PC layout — 5 key presses. Diacritics sit on the Shift keys. The on-screen keyboard on this site highlights each key as you go.
Practice typing this word →Sequence
- 01A→ش
- 02H→ا
- 03D→ي
- 04H→ا
- 05Shift+W→ـًtanwīn fatḥ
Composedشاياً